
Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein, head of the Yad Aharon yeshiva and rabbis of the Yated Ne'eman yeshiva, explains in a conversation with Daniel Grubeis on Galtz why the Haredi public is protesting the arrest of Ateret Shlomo yeshiva student Ariel Shamai - and not the arrest of other yeshiva students: "Now they've arrested one talmid tocham, and this cannot be considered an agenda item."'
Are the other Haredi deserters worth less? "They won't be Torah greats in the end" | Rabbi Eichenstein, one of the senior heads of Haredi yeshivahs, explains why the Haredi public is protesting the arrest of a student from the Ateret Shlomo yeshiva - and not the arrest of other young Haredi people: "Now they've arrested one scholar, and we can't move on to the agenda."" pic.twitter.com/flg6Igg9tx
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